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Diverse Applications of Pinch Technology Within the Process Industries
Date
1986-06Metadata
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Within the past few years, pinch technology has
revolutionised the way engineers design and retrofit
processes. The technology offers a new approach to
process integration based on the application of the
pinch principle.
Early applications were mostly in the petrochemical
and bulk chemical industries. In this paper we
report the use of pinch technology in a wider range
of industries including food, pulp and paper, cement
brewing and dairy product processes.
These processes have featured; batch and continuous
operations; solids, liquids and gas processing; use
of specialised equipment and operations; and wide
ranges of feedstock and product specifications
within the same plant.
In spite of these demands, pinch technology has
produced outstanding results with energy consumption
reduced in the range 15-70%, capital requirements
reduced for new designs, flexibility improved and
plant capacities increased.
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Spriggs, H. D.; Ashton, G. (1986). Diverse Applications of Pinch Technology Within the Process Industries. Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu). Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /93041.